where do we fit in to the universe? in the first of a two-part series, we'll ask the authors of the view from the center of the universe, dr. joel primack and nancy ellen abrahams. if. for such a small if i live to a hundred. if social security isn't enough. if my heart gets broken. if she says yes. we believe if should never hold you back. if should be managed with a plan that builds on what you already have. together we can create a personal safety net, a launching pad, for all those brilliant ifs in the middle of life. you can call on our expertise and get guarantees for the if in life. after all, we're metlife. >>> welcome to both of you. pleasure to see you. >> thank you. >> your book, the view from the center of the universe, the subtitle is, discovering our extraordinariy place in the cosmos, is a tour of the universe. it's ambitious and i think it's fulfilled. and it's great to have you here. >> delighted to be here. thank you very having us. >> the assumptions are that we know a lot more about the universe today

what's the main stuff in the universe? we think there is a good thans this machine will allow us to produce the stuff in the laboratory. there are also many experiments going on trying to detect the dark matter deep underground for example where it's shielded from cosmic rays. you think it's possible that if the dark matter is invisible, that there is anything corresponding to a human being, which might be out there, and also invisible? >> no the thing about -- >> as we understand rationalitiet and brain and the sell lawyer constructs and molecular constructs the body, there ising in -- cellular -- >> we are made of star dust. you have to understand that dark matter is simple. even dark energy may be simple. they represent 95% of the universe but they don't have nearly the complexity that atoms can have. and we are made of the most complicated atoms. which are as joel said, star dust in a sense that they were cooked in the middle of stars and then burst out when the stars died. so all of the really interesting complexity in

what's the main stuff in the universe? we think there is a good thans this machine will low us to produce the stuff in the laboratory. there are also many experiments going on trying to detect the dark matter deep underground for example where it's shielded from cosmic rays. you think it's possible that if the dark matter is invisible, that there is anything corresponding to a human being, which might be out there, and also invisible? >> no the thing about -- >> as we understand rationalitiet and brain and the sell lawyer constructs and molecular constructs the body, there ising in -- cellular -- >> we are made of star dust. you have to understand that dark matter is simple. even dark energy may be simple. they represent 95% of the universe but they don't have nearly the complexity that atoms can have. and we are made of the most complicated atoms. which are as joel said, star dust in a sense that they were cooked in the middle of stars and then burst out when the stars died. so all of the really interesting complexity in t

>> this week on "q&a," our guest is the president of southern methodist university, gerald turner. it will be at the site of the george w. bush presidential library is scheduled to open in 2013. dr. gerald turner, president of southern massive list -- southern methodist university. do you have a slogan truth will set you free? >> that was the model identified at the opening of the school when it was founded. that is the motto. >> what does it mean to you? >> it means the truth will set you free. the basic goal of the institution is to try to find the truth, whether that is in teaching or the human experiences. also, baycol is to find what is really there. >> -- the goal is to find what is really there. >> the toughest part of being a president -- when people say what is your job description? i say it is a coordination of incompatible forces. that is pretty much the case. if you are in business you have one basic goal. that is to make it quarter to quarter. you can be pretty focused about it. whereas here we have so many governments. the truth cell -- shall set you free, you have to

i just want to say that i intended to perform the university of san francisco. as dictated and watched hundreds of people come together and try to have a conversation with the president of the university. i think there was an intent to have a reasonable discussion that did not result, i think, in the desired effect, and they think it is important, what i learned from witnessing that, that we still try to encourage the administration to have a reasonable discussion towards an effect we would like to see in saving kusf. next, i'm submitting an accept and expend a grant on behalf of the adult probation program. i keep putting a number of these forward in an attempt to make sure that our reentry services in san francisco are well bolstered, that people should be aware of in a very systemic way , that recidivism in san francisco, as it relates to our public safety concerns and criminal justice, is over 60%. we can realize that when somebody gets out of the system -- prison or in jail -- in the first three years of them getting out, there is an over 60% chance that the

the university will be the site of the president j. -- george w. bush presidential library, scheduled to open in 2013. >> dr. gerald turner, president of southern methodist university. is it true you have a slogan, "the truth shall set you free. that is the motto. >> what's it mean to you? >> i think it means, if the truth shall set you free, the basic goal of the institution is to try to find truth, whether if our reserge effort, teaching, human experiences or whatever. >> what's the best part of a president and the toughest part of being a president? >> the toughest part of being a president, i say -- when people ask what's your job description, i say it's the coordination of incompatible forces. that's the case. if you're in business, you've got one basic goal, to increase shareholder value and make it quarter-to-quorter and so on. you can be focused about it. whereas here we have so many goals. the truth shall set you free, you've got to sponsor research, recrutement of the best students you can get who can come in and learn what we do know, pas

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me. >> how important is the southern methodist university, the methodist part?> we put that up front in our statement. the only person on campus that has to be met this is the dean of the perkins school of theology. my predecessor was catholics other is a lot of variation and there are people who are not christian that are on the faculty and in the student body. it gives is a set of values, a set of direction, and one of the things i like most about it is that it is still a place where all variations and approaches toward troops are viable. the spiritual dimension of life still has its place in conversation. it is just it is not mandatory or not forced on anyone but it is a part of the dialogue here. a school like smu that has a tradition of open inquiry, academic freedom, and so on, the spiritual dimension of our existence is still something that can be discussed and gives it a much broader perspective than if it is purely secular or strongly religious and not tolerant throughout the continuing. >> you started in a community college where you got an associate d

the university says they are in compliance. if >> a lot of rugby friends are keeping a close eye on this today. christin ayers live in berkeley, thank you. >>> san francisco may have been awarded the next america's cup but a lot of work needs to be done before the site is ready for the yacht race. yesterday a list of the needed work was released including improvements at eight piers approval by adozen government agencies and getting $270 million from corporate sponsors. the famous yacht race will be held in september of 2013. >>> it is 6:06. let's check our forecast now. lawrence, how's the weather shaping up for the weekend? we're already looking ahead. its thursday. >> i know. you know, we have some major changes coming, guys as we are seeing a huge shift in the weather pattern. we have been enjoying some great sunshine and some spring- like conditions. a little cold outside reminding you that yes, it is still winter here in the bay area. it's 32 in napa, 33 in santa rosa, 33 in fairfield and livermore. but by the afternoon, w

below us we can see the whole of the public campus of berkeley the university of california berkeley and we're standing at a boundary where that campus meets the private and military part of the research machine this is a big research machine one side of it has public the other side is private corporate and military so that in closing of the knowledge that used to be public and becomes private or becomes corporate or becomes militarized secret that enclosure of knowledge is something that i consider to be very damaging for the movement of science and the movement of knowledge so it is a very strong battle that is happening here and you know other places in the world to try and protect that they versity of knowledge that diversity of culture the latest development in this battle has been the arrival here on this campus of b.p. british petroleum. who would like to be called beyond petroleum b.p. came here offering five hundred million dollars five hundred million dollars which is much more than anybody had ever offered the university supposedly for research. administrators for the unive

the group brought the university its blueprint for saving the teams including baseball in the middle of its possible final season a couple of weeks ago. they got big support from the likes of the san francisco giants. now, complicating things are some reports coming from the "new york times" saying the university doesn't have a choice of whether to eliminate those five teams. they say if they did eliminate those teams, particularly the women's teams, it would knock them out of compliance with title ix. the university, however, maintains it is in compliance and has considered those regulations throughout this process. again, that decision coming down, sydnie, at noon today. >> thank you, christin ayers in berkeley. >>> now to a developing story out of san francisco. police are on the scene of a fatal accident in the inner richmond. it happened around 2 a.m. witnesses say a black audi sped through a red light at geary and arguello boulevards and struck a gray mazda killing the drive. the cause of the accident is not known but police are starting a dui investigation. the intersection is

to, he'll be able to graduate from the university. for robert kennedy, and that's what happened. [applause] >> congressman, john mentioned rightly the voting rights act of 1965. one can say that was the ultimate achievement of the department. as burt once wrote, only political power, not court orders or other federal law will ensure the election of fair men as sheriffs, school board members, police, mayors, governors, officials. think of the words fair men. you're a wonderful example of what happened because of the voting rights act. can you talk some about its effect to your knowledge in the south? >> well, voting rights, 1965, we wouldn't be living in the society that we're living in today. the voting rights of 65 transformed not just the american south, but transformed a nation. just think, just a few short years ago, all of these people would tell you, the lawyers that worked in the department of justice that hundreds and thousands of people stood in unmovable lines. on one occasion, the man was asked to count the men above him. ot

you've lied about your association with the university of texas. u've lied about your work with the f.d.a. and now, you're lying to these gentlemen about what they can expect. >> stowe: now, why do you say that? >> pelley: nobody at the f.d.a. knows anything about any of this. and the university of texas is not going to be starting a regenerative medicine clinic with your name on it. >> stowe: really? >> pelley: when we asked stowe to back up his a.l.s. claims, his story changed. give me a stowe foundation patient who has a.l.s. who has stood up out of a wheelchair and walked away. >> stowe: we don't have any a.l.s. patients; we have m.s. patients. >> pelley: we are talking about the treatment that you have taken their money for. is that a treatment that would allow them to stand up out of a wheelchair and walk away? >> stowe: with an a.l.s. patient? no, we've done it with m.s. patients. >> pelley: i don't believe that's what they understood. >> stowe: well, then... >> pelley: i don't believe that's what you told them. >> stowe: then, they weren't l

met with a graduate of the university of pennsylvania who started a graduate of the university of pennsylvania -- started a foundation called say yes to education. in a school in philadelphia where he grew up the foundation started by going to individual classrooms and say to the you study and work hard, then our foundation will guarantee when you graduate from high school that you can go to college tuition free. slowly but surely they went from different cities but also essentially a classroom at the time and with the chancellor of syracuse university said to george weiss and his foundation, it's time to bring your program of to scale. if you do it one classroom at a time that is not the kind of bold idea or bold change we need in this country as the mayor booker eloquently said to save democracy. and much to our delight, george weiss and the say yes to education foundation decided to bring it to scale and ago city-wide in the city of syracuse. now the promise of a free college tuition alone is the carrot sexy enough to get rid of these attention, but the beauty of this progra

to, he's going to be able to graduate from the university. aking for robert kennedy. that's what happened. [applause] >> congressman, john mentioned, rightly, the voting rights act of 1965. one could say that was the ultimate achievement of the department, as burke once wrote, only political power, not courted orers or other federal law, well ensure the election of fair men as sheriffs, school board members, police chiefs, county commissioners, and state officials. think of those words, fair men, you're a wonderful example of what happened because of the voting rights act. could you talk some about its effect to your knowledge? >> without the voting rights act of 1965, we wouldn't be living in the society that we're living in today. the voting rights act of 1965 transformed not just the american south but it transformed our nation. just think, just a few short years ago, john doar, john seigenthaler, charlene hunter-gordon would tell you and the lawyers who worked in the department of justice, that hundreds and thousands of people stood in unm

graduate from the university. aking for robert kennedy. that is what happened. [applause] johnngressman, mentioned the voting act of 1965. one could say that was the ultimate achievement of the department. as burke once wrote, only political power, not court orders or other federal law will ensure the election of chairmen and sheriffs, school board members, police chiefs, mayors, county officials -- i think of hose things, a fair man. you are one of those men. without the voting act of 1965 we would not be living in the society we are living in today. the voting rights act of 65 transform not just americans, but transformed our nation. just think, just a few short years ago, these people would tell you and the lawyers that worked at the department of justice, that hundreds and thousands of people stood in unmovable allianclines. on one occasion a man was asked [inaudible] . there was one county where it was 80% more than african american. there was not a single registered voter in the county. people were beaten and

i'm here to express concern and share information about the university of san francisco. it's decided to evict the upward bound program that's been delivered on its campus since 19 6. and it's presently serving 136 students and provides recovery students at a time when cybra high subjects are very scares and night school is nearly extinct. the reason given from the university at the last two town hall meetings is that it's about space not refinances. the upbard -- upward bound shares its students with the rotc. they're keeping the rotc. i'm here to ask that the school board of education and san francisco unified school district get involved, because right now the youth of san francisco need you as well as the community needs you. bobby seal will be at the university this thursday and he's going to be asked by the students to address this issue and myself along with some students in the b.s.u. are trying to galvanize the other culturally centered programs in the university to get involved on march 3 in which we'll do a silent demonstration. we ask you to consider a redecisi

cutting them would save the university about $4 million a year but a grassroots effort to save the programas reportedly raised about 12, maybe $15 million. stanford not about to let its main rival fade away is a big contributor. >> our kids and our students and our university students deserve baseball, rugby and the sports they currently play. there are other things that can possibly be cut out but sports is not one of 'em. sports is about the most character-building thing you can do in school. >> now, cutting the women's lacrosse and gymnastics would make the university non-compliant with title 9, the federal gender equity law. new york times is saying if all five teams are cut, the university would have to add 50 spots for women and cut 80 spots for men in addition to the 100 already being cut by elimination of baseball, rugby and gymnastics. now, the university initially said it needed about $75 million to keep things going. now it is saying if it had $25 million and a guarantee of money coming in down the line, they might be able to save all five sports. live at u.c., terry mcsweeney,

macleod, chairman of the physiology department at the university of toronto. now these two men could not have been more different. macleod was horrible, reserve, distinguished looking, self-conscious and articulate. for macleod's notes on the account, the proposal if you could call it that was hardly thought out and in his frantic excitement, macleod looked like he had wandered in from the nearby psychiatric ward. but there was something that convinced macleod to give them achieve. macleod chose to student research assistants, charles passing clerk noble to work alongside him. these two young men decided to flip a coin to see who would go first. nothing about the research is would be easy. in the summer of 1921 was the perfect example. it was one of the hottest summers on record immunosuppressive heat they began testing and fees vary by operating on the pancreas of dogs. the conditions of the lab they worked and were far from ideal. an operating table made of lead, tattered linens and the stench of the lab that was nearly intolerable. after seven weeks. nothing

the sale made by the university of san francisco, with a media conglomerate that owns over 100 radio stations in the country -- they are now aggressively going over after stations -- going after stations on the left side of the dial. san francisco has nationally become a leader for the country as a whole. this is not ok. the community radio we serve deserves to have a voice i want to reiterate this is not about a format change or classical music, or about a community being robbed of its voice. the san francisco democratic committee passed an emergency resolution on our behalf. i am excited for the board to pass the resolution. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is barb tangerry. i will share more on what i do to stay healthy. i do not consume iodized salt or processed sugars. no red meat, no smoking or alcohol. i drink a coolant water. -- i drink alkaline water. i exercise and do tight window. i live in a state-of-the-art building with a spectacular view, lots of sun, all the amenities, and walking district -- walking distance to a lake. i love working as a substitute

all coaches never realize the university would be picking and choosing among the teams. they thought was dollar nothing.

and the hopes that the university will reconsider its decision. n berkeley, ktvu. >>> golfer steve marino is pulling away from the pack at the halfway point of the pebble beach national pro am. he shot a 6 under, 66, to end the day 13 under par. he takes a four shot lead heading into weekend play. the eight points recovered from a rough start end the day 9 under and still in second place. >>> engineers have suddenly given way to archeologist at a site near candlestick point. how an unexpected discovery provides new insight into early san francisco history. >>> and wet weather is on the horizon. will it impact your weekend ambulance? meteorologist mark de maya has the forecast. >>> and if there's no tv nearby, watch bay area news at 7 on your computer. at ktvu.com. >> if you're in san francisco this weekend, you might spot big name hollywood stars. thrilling is under way for the steven sotoburg film contagious. things were shot today around the civil center. filming is scheduled over the weekend. matt damon, kate winslet, again nets pal trough and j

the infrastructure across the length of the country isn't on the cheek. universal service will be a large part of the solution to read it may not be the whole solution. i also look for final action to we started down the road on this already realizing setting up and running of the reverse options for the proposals in term and long term that we played here for the connect america fund. modernizing our low-income support mechanism to support brand must also be a top priority in the federal state recommendations and identify key issues in the life line programs and i anticipate action soon on certainly made impressive progress toward making sure the rate is able to fulfil its maximum potential going forward. e-rate is going to deliver equally amazing results in the years ahead. finally, it is imperative that and i welcome randy's comments on that. you heard me speak many times before about this so i won't belabor it here believe the telecommunications act of 1996 envisioned a will laugh implementing the statute that has not yet been achieved. maybe we can achieve it h

the u.s. universities. as for the u.s. ave played a greater role beyond educating and training foreign science and education doctorates. the university should be viewed as a global recruitment and quality control mechanism that screens and collects the best and brightest of the world's foreign students for admittance into doctoral programs. it should also be noted that the u.s. taxpayer has not paid for the foreign student kindergarten through 12 in undergraduate university education said that the home university -- and the home nations except the bill for this. so it seems like the united states has gotten a pretty good deal. that is foreign governments pay to educate their home nations students among the u.s. universities have the pick of many of the best of the greatest weather and science and engineering doctoral programs. alice talked a little bit about the role of the u.s. government. as for the u.s. government, and heavily subsidizes doctoral education to include that for students. the rationale being that there are

he was with us at the boot camp at american university in cairo. >>reporter: he says the man washington part of setting up a a partnership between silicon valley and egypt smart village. internet start up incubator. bringing together interest present knew, venture capitalist and mentor. >> i said the prime minister will open egypt on the 23rd. i wouldn't do it without you. he said i'm coming. >>reporter: within 48 hours of his arrival in egypt he was under arrest. >> within two weeks he was very fortunately released. >>reporter: his presence in the square this past week ignited pro democracy forces. today as millions of egyptian joined him in celebration, his cousin called him from san francisco. >> everyone is celebrating. >> everyone is celebrating. >> can you describe it? >> fevrn sell pwraichlt i have to go. >> okay okay take care. best of luck. sure. >> so this is a boy that actually launches it. >>reporter: he's understandably proud of hi very busy cousin. 30-year-old gave the family a scare when he went to egypt an washington jailed. >> the f

and he also taught at the university of teheran until the revolution. when the students took over, they wanted to replace shakespeare with readings of marx and engle. he said that he will never teach again, because this is not what he's there for. and so he stayed at home and a lot of literary and film people would come to him and ask him advice. and that is how we became friends. he was the only one who had written about nabakov. and one day i called him to talk about it. and until the day i left, we were friends. >> now, when you read the book, you talk to him a lot. and my reaction is what does old bijon think of this? your husband? >> my husband, who is one of the most wonderful and secure men i have ever met, and like my first husband who would say that he would have a revolver under his bed in case, you know? our relationship is based on absolute trust. and i talked about -- bijon's favorite book is "great gasby." he's rereading it again. but he didn't know about him as much as -- you know, and webbedn't talk. so he knew about the fact that we wer

greatest public university in the united states no longer has america's past time. >> and the university has no plans to bring baseball back unless a huge last minute monetary commitment is paid. -- made. the team has been around 119 years. at uc berkeley abc 7 news. >> and a convicted sex predator released into the bay saer back in jail tonight. the 40-year-old was arrested today and accused of sexually harassing someone during a therapy session. verse is classified as a violent predator released in 2004 and has been living in bay point until now. >> ac transit is stepping up security in north richmond where one bus was hit by gunfire. the bus sprayed with bullets at third street and grove avenue two nights ago. one passenger was injured by shattered glass and people are frayed about -- of what might happen next. >> people are fearful that an operator is going to end up being killed trying to do their job. it's unacceptable. it's time ac transit does something about it. >> this is breezy to try to figure out who has money or something. this is something for them to do. >> deputies are n

the one-day delay could be a positive sign meaning it is a whole lot of money being pledged for the university to walk away from, but there's another theory also, that only certain sports programs would survive. for instance n the interest of federal gender equity requirements, some think that perhaps only womens lacrosse and gymnastics may be reinstated. we'll learn the answer when they make the real announcement expected later this morning. reporting live at uc berkeley, christie smith, "today in the east bay." >>> grammy nominated singer and producer shield sheila ease will be there to talk about music in san leandro schools. the meeting will be at the school district office. afterwards she will visit a local elementary school. >>> you can learn more about autism in oakland today. the panel at the autism forum will talk about the budget impact on services for people living with autism. they will discuss everything from early identification of autism to reimbursement for insurance payments. the forum will be at the cathedral of christ on harrison street. >>> we'll talk weather. it is a cold

he went to the technical university of berlin. e of their courses they had to go out in the street and work with workers who were building tanks. and so that push their, the way they thought into practical baths. when touring was at cambridge, nobody ever said to about what seemed -- how he would make that thing. even though he might have been leaning toward making things, his relatives on his mother's side or engineers were makers of things, he was never encouraged to do that. in fact, when he would make something at the school he went to as a young boy in england it all gets thrown away. he would leave it on the windowsill and it would get cost. that was another thing that fascinated me. the way the land grant system focused on one thing and the way that of the type of universities like cambridge in princeton focused on other. >> host: another window of the history at the time and how there were certain values. value was assigned in some instances and not others. were you just particularly interested in that time? it obsessed kin

coupleain's royal returned to the root university where their relationship began. the libyan leader muammar gaddafi has come out on the streets of tripoli to tell his supporters to arm themselves to defend libya and its oil. his speech came shortly after forces loyal to him opened fire against demonstrators in several parts of tripoli. the u.s. has imposed sanctions against libya, but early, colonel quaddafi's son went on tv to say that he and his father would never leave libya alive. we have a reporter in tripoli. >> in the open air, lines of people waiting for a flight home. some in bright visibility jackets seem to be in organized groups. others seem to be waiting a long time. there were some sodden blankets and a lot of people dream of home. the airport is operating, but getting on a plane with so many here is a big challenge. we have been invited here by the authorities, presumably so we can hear more messages of defiance, and also so they can show was that here in the capital at least, things are normal and they are well in control. those scenes at the airport

they have credits to transfer to the university. come to nhu with units to help them with financial aid as well. getting involved in the process is important. any junior, don't just think of the classes on your campus, think of classes offered at other places like the hispanic university. >> that's a great tip. we'll have information for that so you can contact dr. lopez. >> when you think of the social perspective, one thing that's shocking is how much free time you have at the university. you have to use it for studying, but it's not like high school where everything is reg meanted how do you encourage them to use that freedom? we have a college talking about that. for every hour you are in class, you should study two hours to get a good passing grade. we give them a formula and make sure when they get there as freshman that they are practicing that. they have a class, have they studied six hours? if it's only been one, you are falling behind on that study time. it's the understanding of what it takes to be successful. it's pretty